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Yasunari Kawabata Quotes

People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development Picture Quote #1

Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger Picture Quote #1

Maybe vagueness has been good for me. The word means two different things in Tokyo and Osaka, you know. In Tokyo it means stupidity, but in Osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of Go Picture Quote #1

I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die Picture Quote #1

Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty Picture Quote #1

A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn Picture Quote #1

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I suppose even a woman’s hatred is a kind of love Picture Quote #1

Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate Picture Quote #1

A secret, if it’s kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance Picture Quote #1

The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke Picture Quote #1

Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder Picture Quote #1

The winter moon becomes a companion, the heart of the priest, sunk in meditation upon religion and philosophy, there in the mountain hall, is engaged in a delicate interplay and exchange with the moon; and it is this of which the poet sings Picture Quote #1

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The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night Picture Quote #1

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I’ll sketch it in words Picture Quote #1

Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way Picture Quote #1

They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again Picture Quote #1

But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman’s existence Picture Quote #1

The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi. The moon shone like a blade frozen in blue ice Picture Quote #1

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The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine shamelessness, and yet it seemed likely enough that the woman was familiar with the failing and need not be shocked by it. He looked at her. Perhaps it was the rich lashes of the downcast eyes that made her face seem warm and sensuous. She shook her head very slightly, and again a faint blush spread over her face Picture Quote #1

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People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Maybe vagueness has been good for me. The word means two different things in Tokyo and Osaka, you know. In Tokyo it means stupidity, but in Osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of Go (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) I suppose even a woman’s hatred is a kind of love (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) A secret, if it’s kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) The winter moon becomes a companion, the heart of the priest, sunk in meditation upon religion and philosophy, there in the mountain hall, is engaged in a delicate interplay and exchange with the moon; and it is this of which the poet sings (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I’ll sketch it in words (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman’s existence (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi. The moon shone like a blade frozen in blue ice (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes) The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine shamelessness, and yet it seemed likely enough that the woman was familiar with the failing and need not be shocked by it. He looked at her. Perhaps it was the rich lashes of the downcast eyes that made her face seem warm and sensuous. She shook her head very slightly, and again a faint blush spread over her face (Yasunari Kawabata Quotes)